The first work of the imperial prison

What Yu Lianhai gave just filled the gap in the evidence Jin Yiwei searched for.

Time is too tight, even if Qiu Suqing is capable and able to lead Jinyiwei around the clock, without a moment's rest, from the murder case to the imperial examination fraud, the things obtained are still incomplete. With these, the murder case and the imperial examination fraud will have results. !

Shen Jiang looked at the scene in front of him and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

It turns out that the young master did it on purpose. All the behavioral instructions are just to give Yu Lianhai confidence, encourage him, and let each other trust each other...

Before that, he didn't know the young master's intentions, but according to the young master's wishes, he took Yu Lianhai with him all the way to do business, visited and investigated everywhere, and brought along the suspects for confession. Except for special confidential matters, he would not deliberately avoid Yu Lianhai. .When he gets up, Yu Lianhai has to get up, and when he goes to sleep, even if Yu Lianhai can't wait to walk and fall asleep on the ground, Yu Lianhai has to be kicked awake, follow him, go to bed after finishing his work, eat and drink Shui Sanji...you have to synchronize with him in everything you do.

He could see that Yu Lianhai couldn't hold on, with such a small body, how could it be better than the well-trained Jin Yiwei?Yu Lianhai can also see his working status, hard work, prudence and patience, skilled operating procedures, intuition and judgment that can only be obtained after thousands of trainings, all are truth and habits that can never be acted out.

Day after day, under the sun and under the shadow of the moon, he passed by the house several times without going in to see his wife, not only Shen Jiang, but when the Jin Yiwei was busy, everyone was the same, and Yu Lianhai would eventually understand I realized that this is how Jin Yiwei handles cases.

The world is indeed hard. There are corrupt officials who don’t do anything, and there are also people who cheat people. But most of the people are simple and kind, and most of the officials are really doing things. I hope the country is safe and the people are safe, Haiyan and Heqing, we all have a hard time , but you can also have light in your heart...

Shen Jiang reviewed his behavior. To be honest, in the past few days, he was not very polite to Lianhai. When there is a real business, whoever wants to be confused and slow down the progress will be punished. Yu Lianhai is not one of his own, but Yu Lianhai follows him. He is slow in chasing particularly important clues. When he was in a hurry, he wanted to curse and slap the back of his head a few times.

Fortunately, he didn't hold grudges, and he didn't do anything bad this time. In front of the hall today, the purpose of the young master and the commander has been achieved, and he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

So what the young master and his daughter-in-law said was right, he didn't need to think too much or worry about anything else, as long as he was true to himself, it didn't matter what he said, what mattered was what he did.

But today, I got to know Xia Yu Lianhai again. This kid pretends to be cowardly and stupid all day long. He is not as courageous as a doll. Looking at it now, he is also a master who can pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

Yu Lianhai submitted the evidence: "I know this matter is very dangerous, and I have been careful all the time. I have not been discovered by Geng Yuanzhong, but my ability is limited, and the information I found may not be complete. Please also ask Jin Yiwei to check and correct it. , How true is it, there may be omissions."

Qiu Yiqing flipped through the pages on the table: "When did you start looking for these things?"

"I noticed that it started last year, and it took more than a month to really search for the collection..."

Yu Lianhai kowtowed again: "Commander, I... lied about something before. I don't know anything about this murder case. More than a month ago, at Baifo Temple, I was in the tower where the crime occurred." Not far away, I saw... I saw with my own eyes, He Yiming pushed Yu Wenzhang down the stairs!"

The scene was all silent.

Shen Jiang: "Did you see it? Did you really see it clearly?"

"Yes, I can see it very clearly." Yu Lianhai's eyes were red, "I was a little far away at the time, and it was too late to enter the tower. Everything happened too fast. Brother Yu just... fell heavily in front of the tower, and there was no time to struggle. Trembling, the person is gone, the brains are..."

"At that time, there was no one else around, and I didn't dare to go forward, because I knew that as long as I showed up, Brother Yu would definitely not be the one who died that day. I just dared to hide in the grass far away, biting my hand I shed tears and didn't dare to cry out loud... I know I'm worthless, I'm ashamed of my friends, I don't have any loyalty, but it's not like I haven't asked others for help, really!"

"I had the opportunity to meet Jing Zhaoyin, and I was fortunate enough to meet the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. It's not that I haven't tried verbal temptations, but people don't believe me at all... I can only find a way by myself and see if I can do something."

Yu Lianhai bit his lip: "Brother Yu failed the imperial examination last year. It's not because he was not good enough or luck in the exam. It's because of He Yiming... He couldn't recruit Brother Yu, so he wanted to teach him a lesson. The day before his exam In the meal, drugged, Brother Yu couldn't hold on, even if he entered the examination room, he couldn't answer the questions at all."

"I lied before. Brother Yu is far away from the crowd, but that is to concentrate on studying. It's not that he doesn't understand the world. It's just that the scientific examination must not be missed. It is more important to him at present, and the other can be ignored. It is different from me. We are from the same town, and we knew each other before entering Beijing for the exam, and we have a good relationship. Even though we are busy and can't see each other, we talk about everything in the letters. He didn't know that He Yiming had a heart at first. Rotten lungs, what the two of them said and what happened, he told me all about it, but later He Yiming threatened him, he knew it was dangerous, and he didn't want to hurt me, so he didn't want to talk about it anymore, and I really did at that time I was too busy, I overlooked too many things, but when I thought about it later, I knew something was wrong, so I went back and questioned him, and he told me..."

"It's not that I don't know about this matter. I know it from the beginning to the end. It's just that neither I nor Brother Yu dare to say too much, because no one will believe it. We just ask the other party not to entangle. Being on the daily rankings means that you are at the top of your game, and you have the confidence to challenge the other party for this board, but who knows that they will never give you this chance.”

"Brother Yu has always been secretive about my existence. He Yiming knew that he was alone and thought I was just a familiar fellow from my hometown. He didn't know that we had a good relationship, because we really didn't meet many times. In the past year, I have worked hard in Geng Being a civil servant by your side, there may be this "citizen status" consideration. They keep me around, probably as a precaution. What if it will be useful in the future? But they can use me, and I can also do some things by the way. I am indeed talented. No, but I am inconspicuous, wherever I throw it, it will be ignored by others, so it is convenient for me to observe everything..."

"Slowly, I knew something was wrong. I knew that this net was huge, and Brother Yu was not the only one trapped. I was very scared, and I didn't want to do more. I just wanted to find something and see if I could steal it. Provide Brother Yu, if someone threatens again, he has a countermeasure, but unfortunately he didn't wait, my speed is still too slow..."

Ye Baiting understood: "So Geng Yuanzhong didn't find you because you were observing in the early stage and didn't act rashly?"

Yu Lianhai: "Yes...it's hard for me to get close to those core secrets. Geng Yuanzhong is also very vigilant. I can't do anything until I figure out the rules of defense."

Ye Baiting nodded: "It's not your fault, you are already very brave."

Yu Lianhai's eyes immediately filled with moisture: "Thank you...thank you."

Ye Baiting paused for a long time, gave him time to recover, and asked again: "Apart from these, is there anything else?"

"Yes!" Yu Lianhai nodded heavily, "When Huang Kang died more than three months ago, my status was low and I couldn't attend the banquet upstairs, but it was too cold outside, so I didn't go out, and I didn't see it with my own eyes. The murder passed by, but the banquet left, and when He Yiming left with the box, I saw it."

"Geng Yuanzhong drank a little too much that day, stopped the carriage, vomited with his hands on the wall, and left a bit late. I was waiting on the side, and I happened to see He Yiming passing by with a suitcase, he was smiling, yes Looking in the direction of Huang Kang's corpse, he smiled smugly..."

"And on the day when the rankings were announced, Zhang You had an accident. I didn't know that He Yiming was planning to kill someone. If I knew, I wouldn't have chased those two..."

Shen Jiang immediately remembered what happened that day: "That's right, why are you chasing those two people? Why do you want to borrow money after borrowing and repaying it? Is it on purpose!"

Ye Baiting said: "You want to remind us to pay attention to these two people? You think they are very important."

"Yes," Yu Lianhai closed his eyes, "What they did, Geng Yuanzhong's shop...is very important."

Ye Baiting: "Your reminder is very accurate, thank you."

Yu Lianhai saluted solemnly: "These are all I know. Some of the pages and booklets in the jacket were obtained by Brother Yu before and after the accident, and some were obtained quietly two days ago. Jin Yiwei will not ask questions anymore. Geng Yuanzhong... I'm afraid he will find me too. Even if Jin Yiwei didn't find too many things today, and there is no result in this case, I still want to present these things to the court. The reason why I didn't say it until now... is because I want to take a look again. Does Jin Yiwei take this seriously?"

He knocked his forehead to the ground again: "To this day, I still haven't been able to get rid of my little pettiness. I can't say that I don't have any selfishness, but I do want to avenge my best friend and all those who were killed because of this incident. They I shouldn’t die like this! I beg the commander to make the decision for us!”

After him, Hu Anju also lifted his robe and knelt down: "Your official also has something to say!"

His eyes were reddish, he didn't know it was because of other people's death, but he felt sorry for the cheating knowledge in the scientific examination, and his face was full of guilt: "The information Jin Yiwei found was not wrong. My official status is indeed in name only. I was able to get on the list because I bought money and cleared the way, but in fact I am not very knowledgeable and I am not worthy of being an Imperial Academy, and all the operations in the middle were indeed done by Geng Yuanzhong..."

"I am working very hard as an official, doing things seriously, just want to get rid of this incident, I thought, since no one else will know, just pretend that this incident never happened. Surely I can have a clear conscience and be worthy of this official robe, but I am still naive, what I have done, how can it be possible to pass without a trace?"

"As soon as my official reputation improved, Geng Yuanzhong found me and threatened me with this matter, asking me to do things for him... The things he threatened were the ledger, the bank channel, and the transactions between my family and him. According to the evidence, if I am obedient, I will be fine, with his help, I will rise to the top, if I am not obedient, this thing will see the light of day, he made me think clearly, don't sacrifice myself, and implicate my family."

"But I don't want to be an official. I made a mistake during my scientific examination. Things shouldn't be like this, and the court cannot be full of people like this. If I don't want to, I can only give up the chance of promotion and follow the crowd. After all, I have to be 'useful' before I can do things for him. A petty official can't help anything. Even if he asks, I can't do anything, right? I know it's wrong to do this, but I have no other way...I know I Wrong, big mistake, I will be dismissed, investigated, imprisoned, I will bear it, and if Jin Yiwei has any questions, I will cooperate in every matter!"

"Imperial examinations are used to select scholars for the country. We must not condone such incidents. What the people need are good officials who are worthy, and what the court needs are talented and intelligent students, not villains who only use their brains! "

As far as the evidence collected by Jin Yiwei, what Yu Lianhai collected was a heavy blow, and Hu Anju's determination to testify was a fatal blow.

Geng Yuanzhong's face was pale, he staggered, and took a step back involuntarily.

This is his client, who has been plucked by him, and will be plucked by him in the future. He knows too much, and he really wants to testify...

I am afraid that today is the end of the day, he is finished.

Gao Jun has always been a person with a wink, and Geng Yuanzhong, who was able to think carefully and coax all kinds of satisfaction before, can now assess the situation, quickly judge the gains and losses of the two parties, and then make a choice——

He also lifted the corner of his robe, and knelt down in front of the hall with a plop: "Your official is also willing to report! The official's family background is not bad, but he is not as good as Hu Hanlin. Although he spent money, he could not get the answers to the questions in advance. In spite of the risk of cheating, Xiaguan did not know that Huang Kang was the one who answered the questions for Xiaguan on the spot. He only found out afterwards, and the money was also handed over to Geng Yuanzhong’s shop, and he was in charge of dispatching..."

"The reason why Xiaguan was transferred to him was because he was well-behaved and sensible enough to help him with some things... But Xiaguan definitely did not kill anyone, really! Xiaguan can only be regarded as a new face on their side, and is not reused , at most do some trivial work, such as Hu Hanlin's 'business', there are also a few trips for the help of subordinate officials, you are right just now, Hu Hanlin's papers were actually answered by Huang Kang... "

"The lower officials really only do these things, and they can't reach Geng Yuanzhong's level. They are really just running errands and doing things. They just want to make merit, get promoted and make a fortune. The lower officials made a mistake, a big mistake! Dismissal and investigation, according to the matter Pursue responsibility, I don’t have any complaints, Jin Yiwei has any questions, you can come and ask, I dare not not cooperate, but I am really ashamed, I really don’t know too much, please forgive me !"

At this point in the case, it is finally possible to see the moonlight through the clouds and mists, and there can be a result.

Ye Baiting took a deep breath and looked at He Yiming: "What else do you have to say?"

He Yiming had nothing to say, he just felt a fire in his heart, he didn't know where to send it, and finally he stared at Yu Lianhai with hatred, wishing he could kick him to death, just such a playboy... such a coward, actually broke All his innings!

Ye Baiting saw what he was thinking, and said seriously: "Yu Wenli is not a coward. He knows good and evil, understands people's hearts, can protect himself, and can defend the righteousness of his friends. He doesn't move because the matter is too big. The disparity in status and status means that he has to be careful, not that he dares not; he is cowardly, the easiest way to deal with people and things he has learned to survive in the cracks; his shyness is not because of a real inferiority complex in his bones, because he has never had the opportunity to learn systematic etiquette , will always show timidity, but it does not mean that he admits it in his heart. Once he rides the wind and waves and becomes famous, his self-confidence will be stronger than yours, and his courage is beyond your reach!"

He Yiming's eyes were dark: "You compare this thing with me?"

Ye Baiting's eyebrows turned sideways: "What's wrong with you? He Yiming, you are a coward."

He Yiming's forehead jumped suddenly: "What are you talking about? Just kidding, how could I be timid?"

"How is it impossible?" Ye Baiting looked at him with indifferent eyes, "You probably don't understand a truth - people who play with other people's love and hate will eventually be eaten back by love and hatred. If you want to kill people, even if you want to do so silently and create accidents , There are many ways to choose, why choose these? Because this is what you desire, but you have never had."

"You long for the love of your family, but you dare not fight for it openly, and you dare not even release your true self; you long for a pure relationship, but you can't believe that you have it, and you refuse to seek it, to pursue it ;The only thing you dare to admit is the greed in your heart, your desire for the so-called 'success and fame, money and power', but you don't think this is a good thing, you think it is ugly."

"All the desires in your heart are unwilling to express them sincerely. Once you are depressed, you will only blame others why they don't understand you, why they can't take the initiative to approach you, whether others are deliberately ignoring you, deliberately torturing you , You have never taken the initiative to fight for it, you know that you are wrong, but you are timid and refuse to admit it, and you are stubborn and unwilling to change, which has created your current character a little bit."

Ye Baiting stared intently, and took a step forward: "You know that these people are not good people, and you shouldn't be with them, but you can't be with someone with a bright heart. You feel that you will be burned, and you are stupid at the same time. Then, while scolding others for being stupid, they don’t know how to value your goodness, right or wrong!”

"What do you know...you can't understand...it's all your fault, it's you!"

He Yiming didn't want to admit it, Ye Baiting's words were so piercing and heart-wrenching, he didn't want to admit a single word, but when he regained his thoughts, his eyes darkened instantly: "Since you know everything, why do you still treat me like that! You clearly You know, you know that I treat my adoptive father and your family... why don't you help me? You never help me, you only care about playing and having fun, and you never know what others have paid for you!"

Ye Baiting closed his eyes.

Because he is not the original body, even if he is, the little boy did not miss anything, he still needs time to grow up...

He opened his eyes again, and there was indifference inside: "You don't like me, you just come straight to me. What did my parents do wrong? My father has worked hard to educate you and give you the best. He is wrong? I Mother cares about you, changing seasons to add clothes, changing days to send umbrellas, even if you get up late one day, she is worried whether it is too hard and tired to study the night before, she is wrong? My sister has such a violent temper, she protects me Tight, how many fights have you had with people outside, but have you ever touched a finger? He Yiming, where is your conscience!"

"Ah……"

He Yiming covered his face, and when he let go of his fingers, his eyes were red: "I tell you, don't lie to me! I, He Yiming, have never regretted it for a moment until now! I really want to tell you, you I am not afraid of the severe punishment of the Zhenfu Division! If you have the ability, torture and extract a confession, and see if I can say it!"

"you--"

"That's right, I did all of this! Geng Yuanzhong and I were involved in killing people and cheating in the imperial examinations, but there is no behind-the-scenes organization, it's just the two of us who set up a stage! You really have that extraordinary ability, just keep going." Check, continue to make up evidence, if you have no skills, just obediently take people to close the case, and save others from seeing the joke!"

Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes: "You have to think about it clearly, the scalding of meat, the tip of a knife over the bone, and the whip soaked in salt water are not very pleasant - I have stayed in the prison, the most famous thing is not that it is not seen by the outside world. In Tianguang, there is not enough food and water. The mice there are big and courageous. They dare to crawl anywhere and eat anything. They like fresh meat with taste..."

What is fresh meat with flavor?Is it fresh meat that has been tortured, opened, and blood is flowing?It smells... maybe it's not rotten, it's salt water!The rats in the prison treat people like vegetables!

How could He Yiming not be afraid, before he was just stern and soft-hearted, trying to create momentum for himself, if he was really not afraid, he would not have confessed like that before!

He raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not a commoner who can do whatever you want. I'm an official, and I'm a doctor of the Ministry of Punishment. I have asked our Lord Shangshu for treating me like this!"

Shen Jiang almost laughed at these words: "You look up at the plaque on our door, do you see clearly? What is this place?"

This is the Fusi of Beizhen, the Commanding Guard Office, which governs the forbidden army, and has the responsibility of supervising and inspecting all officials. If you are really a commoner, that's all. , Jinyiwei is in charge of officials!

Ye Baiting glanced at Qiu Yiqing, saw the other party nodded, and said: "I forgot to tell you before, but today I transferred you to Beizhen Fusi. The commander has already informed you, Lord Shangshu, and he said that you must cooperate."

He Yiming: ...

Ye Baiting said again: "But we guess that you don't rely on just one superior officer, other people... the commander also made arrangements in advance."

He Yiming was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, he was afraid that if he said it again, it would give the other party more clues and involve more people.

All the chips and cards were cut off at the same time. It seemed that he understood his situation very clearly, and he could no longer be arrogant.

Ye Baiting felt relieved, and turned to Geng Yuanzhong: "Where is Mr. Geng, what else can you say?"

Geng Yuanzhong closed his eyes and suddenly smiled.

This is an expression that has never appeared on his face before.Before, he liked to be flattered, and he was stable, and he would not let others find out more information. At best, he looked annoying and his teeth were itchy, but at this moment, his eyebrows were stern, his lips were sinister, and his smile was extremely sinister—— —

"Don't you think that this is the end?"

He licked his lips, glanced at Ye Baiting, and looked straight at Qiu Yiqing: "Since we know that we are quite courageous and have done so many things, how could we not have estimated and judged the risks and left ourselves a way out? "

"I advise the commander, in order to prevent too many uncontrollable things from happening, embarrassing the emperor, turmoil in the court, and unrest in the hearts of the people - it is better to make a decisive decision at this moment and let us go."

This is a threat!This group of people has arrangements outside!

Qiu Yiqing's eyesight instantly became sharp, like a sword out of its sheath: "You are looking for death!"

"You can kill me and see if something will happen to your emperor." Geng Yuanzhong closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Unfortunately, it's too late. Our gift has already been sent. Please appreciate it carefully."

At the same time as his words fell, Jin Yiwei came to report: "Report to the commander, rumors of 'fraud' suddenly broke out in the market, there are men in black hunting and killing students, and now two people have died and four have been injured!"

Ye Baiting's heart sank, so this is all the other party's purpose!

Either it will be successful, and you will gain money and people, and once it is revealed, everything will be ruined...

"Commander—"

Qiu Yiqing had already jumped out with his support on the table, and flew out in an instant: "Zheng Ying—bring someone, follow me!"

She didn't even have time to talk to Ye Baiting, she just gave him a reassuring look, and the figure disappeared at the door.

Shen Jiang immediately called his own people over to clean up the scene: "No one of these people is allowed to leave, let me separate them!"

Needless to say, He Yiming and Geng Yuanzhong were sent to imperial prison, and so was Hu Anju Gaojun. Now we can't allocate too many people, so we can only lock them up, but the treatment of the two of them is slightly better, and neither can Yu Lianhai. Let's go, it's so chaotic outside, who knows what accidents will happen, but Beizhen Fusi is safer nowadays, he is also sensible, he doesn't need others to take care of him, he follows the arrangements of Jin Yiwei's soldiers, quietly, don't move around, don't run around , do not cause trouble.

Shen Jiang made all the follow-up arrangements, of course he had to go to the commander, he was busy with other things outside, and looked at Ye Baiting before leaving: "Young master, don't worry, the commander has never seen such a big storm, this time there will be no problem! "

"I know."

Ye Baiting looked at him, his eyes were clear and clear, with shimmering light, like the surface of the sea under the sun, calm and peaceful: "You can go busy here, I will guard it!"